Packaging-machine.



No. 836,690. PATENTED NOV. 2?, N06. I. LAZAGA & P. W. LEV.

PAGKAGIBEG MACHINE.

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PACKAGING MACHINE.

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No. 836,690. PATENTEI) HOV. 2?, 1906. I. LAZAGA 6; F. W. LEV.

PACKAGING MAGHINE. APPLIGA'HOH rILzn MB. 1. nos.

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PACKAGING MACHINE.

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m I A 2M JJ '1 ATTORNY PATBNTED NOV. 27, 1906. I. LAZAGA & F. W. LEV.PACKAGING MACHINE.

APPL'IULTZQX FILED APR. 1. 1905.

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WITNESSES: r) VENTORJ' ATTORNEY UN ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IGNACIO LAZAGA, OF HAVANA, CUBA, AND FRANK W. IIJEV, OFNEW YURK,

PAOKAGlNG-MACHlN E No. 836,690. Specification of Letters IPatent.Patented Nov. 27, 1906.

'Appiioetion filed April 1, 1905. Serial No. 253,262-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, IGNA IO LAZAGA, a citizen of the Republic of Cuba,residing in the city of Havana, Cuba, and FRANK W. LEV, a citizen of theEmpire of AustriaHun any, residing at present in the city of New @ork,State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPackagin -Machines, of which the following iss fuli escription.

Our invention is intended for use in rackaging or puttin in wrapperssrnsli artic es'nf commerce, suc as cigars, ci arettes, soc s,chocolates, chewi gum, on other artic es of like character, w ich areintroduced in the machine, assorted, guided and impelled from one artofthe machine to another, and during the passe e through the machine arewrap edinto ac sgesof psperorcsrdboard, whic are fol ed around and aboutthe ar A tojbe'sold.

-. horizontal section on iine 6 6 of Fig. 1

ticiopasses in folding it nroun The accom anying drawings illustrate themachine, of w ch Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine. Q Fig. 2 isalso a plan view showing the folding devices, press, and part of thedrying-trough; Fig. 3 a plan view of the distributor of cards orcoupons; Fig. 4, a. horizontal section of the machine, taken on line 4 4of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a. horizontal section taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 1,showing a. package of cigarettes within the compressor ready to belowered; 6, a

i 7 a. horizontal section of part of the machin e or: line 7 '7 of Fig.8, a sectional view of the a 'er-fee g device; Fig. 9,! plan View of t eowerpsrts of the apparatus, showing the machinery below the table; Fig.10, a

horizontal section taken on line 10 10, Fig. 9;

Fig. 31, a sectional View of the device for allp plying the um or glueto the margin of t 1e package. *igs. 12, 13,14, 15, 16, and 17 aredifi'erent Jews of the package, showing the; stages through which thewrap or of the er;

the articles to be inciosed within the package.

Upon a table or platform 1 I are arranged the parts of the apparatusfor. distributin the articles to be. at into the pslkage an" for guidingand f din them-into an. approriate wrapper and elow the platform islilcated the machinery which gives movement which 2 is e ulley revolvedby a belt, 3 is a shaft to Whic l the ulley is attached, and 4 an idleor loose u ey mounted on shaft 3, "upon which the elt may be shifted tostop the machine.

Suitably journaled in the frame are the shafts and 6, Fig. 4, whichcarry the sprocket or notched wheois i and S. The whee issnidle wheelturned b an endlessasein carrier, and the other whee 8 has anintermittent movement and traveis one section iofgiven distance at atime. These sections are shown in the form of notches 9 on both Wheels.

Tho endless-chain carrier is shown at 10 and is divided into sections ofa distance apart re ulated i) the size or form of the ar- "title to ecarri These sections are indicated by a spindle or pin 11 at the end ofeach of the sections, which acts as a. hinge and enters the notches 9 inthe wheels tojacilinicks a'stopping-plsce as the carrier moves.

gars the carrier is provided with projecting Although the machine iscapable of use for other purposes as aforesaid, the apparatus we are notdescribing is especiaii adapted to coking ci arettes and will e sodescri ed throng out;

Above and over the carrier is placed a box or hopper 13, open at thebottom, and the cigarettes are laced in this box crosswise, so as to h sperai eiwith the slots in the carrier and fiii thezn. The arrangement oicarrier 'as'herein shown will accommodate two eigersttcs one above theother in the slots, and each of the sections of the carrier containseight slots, making in aii sixteen cigarettes in ench section of thecarrier. As each of the g fijtions contains a charge for-s. wrap er itffoiiows that each of the sch cs wi contain sixteen cigarettes. it wireadily be seen, however, that the number may be vatied at wiill,

i The movement to aii the operative parts ofthemachineisimpartedhytheshaft 3. Viewing Fig. 9, it will be seen thatthis shaft is provided with'the pinion 14, which is geared with the coged wheels 15 and 16 and reto the various parts of the apperat rs pfvoives the she v s 1? 18. The hovel-wheel In paclnng articles such ascigarettes or citate the movement of the carrier and also to 7 mgers 12,standing perpendicularly upon the opp-nor, so that t iey orm aslotbetween t em.

26 and turns the shaft 27.

work of the machine is t 19, tgearing with the wheel 20, revolves thesha t 21,which carries the bevel-wheel 22,

meshing with 23, revolves the shaft 24. At the end of this shaft thebevel meshes with This sliart carries a disk 28, provided with a pin 29.This disk and pin are shown on Fig. 4, to which we will returnto'explain the intermittent movement of the carrier. Suitably pivoted tothe framee lever 30, provided .-.with the slot 31. Into this slotrojects the pin 29 on the disk 28 and as t e disk revolves impartsareciprocating movement to the .lever 30. On -a shaft 32 are erected twolevers 33 and 34. A rod or bar 35 conheets 33 to the reciprocatinglever30, and a --bar 36, ivoted to the end of 34, carries a tpawl or og 37 onits end. On the inner side of the rim of the wheel 8 are the notches 38,

20 spaced apart a distance regulated to. give a 5o bent downwardly likethe 60 moves .movement to the earner equal to one of its -.-sections. Inthe forward movement of the arm 36 the.dog37 rides upon the rim of thewheel and drops into one of the notches 38 at rthe end of this movement.Onits return it revolves the wheel 8 until stopped at the end of itsmovement in that direction. Arran ed --along by the side of the carrierand ara lel therewith is a box 39,- Fig. 1. Its wi th is .a

little greater than the length of a cigarette;

- its depth sufficient to accommodate easily .twocigarettes one lying ontop of the other. Itis provided with an opening 40, facing the carrier,lar e enough to admit the cigarettes from one o the sections and permitthem to pass into the box. This box is provided with a slot 41. !In linewith the box, arranged in suitable guides, is a plunger 42, the head of-whieh, 43, is shown in Fig. 1 1 -'ng 'ust within the open end of thebox. T 's plun er carries a rod provided on its end with a ork44, whichis bent down intothe slot, and when the cigarettes enter the b ox theylie between the head of the plunger and the fork and are thus maintainein this position. and prevented from falling or. changing the shape ofthe charge for the package. At right angles to the carrier is shownanother plunger 45, having a head 46, provided with teeth 47,

prongs of a rake, Fig. 4, to enter the slots in the carrier and forceout the cigarettes from one of the sections. The plunger travels insuitable guides erected upon the table of the machine. The impulsesgiven to wheel 8 by the awl 37 impels the carrier, with its load 0cigarettes, until it stops with one of its sections just. in front ofthe plunger-head 46 and facing the opening in the box. The plun er 45then 'forward the teeth on its Tiead entering the slots, forcing thecigarettes out of the slots in the carrier. and into the box between thehead of plunger42 and the fork44. The plunger 45 .then retires,- and theplunger 42 moves forward, carrying the cigarettes along until they reachthe opening of the folding device.

The mechanism for impelling the plunger 45 is located under the tableand is shown in Fig. 7. Suitably pivoted at 48 is a lever 49, providedwith a slot 50 and connected at its upper end with a projection 51 by alink 52. The disk 53 is provided with a pin 54, which operates in theslot as the disk revolves, impartin a reciprocating motion to the lever49 an the plunger 45. The mechanism for impelling tho plun er 42includes in part the same mechanism a ready described for moving thecarrier, the lever 30 having a connectingarm 55 pivoted to an extenson56 from the plunger 42.

The rod which carries the fork 44 is hinged at 57, so that the forkedend may rise at a proper time to leave the packa e between the head 43of the plunger and the end of the box 39. Near the end of the box areplaced the inclined planes 58, and the rod carrying the fork 44 isprovided with a cross-pin 59, which rides upon the inclined planes. Twodoors or flaps 60 in the top of the box are lifted by the cross-pin whenit rises until the cross-pin passes beyond them, when they drop andclose the entrance to the interior of the box. The cigarettes are nowheld by plu ernhead 43 against the end of the box, and t e plunger 42 isready to be retired to its starting-point. The cross-pin drops upon .theclosed flaps and rides back upon the surface of the box until the fork44 has retired behind the package. .At a suitable point there is across-slot 61 in the top of the box, through which the cross-pin drops,leaving the fork in its original position in the box to return and beready to receive a new charge between it and the plunger-head, whileanother plun er 63 is impelling the package into the fol ing device.

The cigarettes having been placed in front ofthe opening to the foldingdevice, a plunger 63, working in suitable guides erected upon the table,forces the package into the folding device. The mechanism operating thisplunger is also shown in Fig. 7. It consists of a lever 64, suitablyconnected at its u per end with plunger 63 by a link 65. The lever isprovided with a slot 66. A revolving disk 67 carriesa pin 68, whichworks in the slot 66 and imparts reciprocating movement to the plun er63. The cigarettes are now ready to be orced into the folding device.

The folder 70 (shown in Figs. 1 and 2) consists of a box of suitablesize to admit the articles to be wrapped, and at its entrance isprovided with a slot 71. Into this slot descends the wrapper, whichstands 'ust in front of the ci arettes, so that when t ey are thrustforwar they strike against the wra pper and carry it into the folder.Thewrapper is thus folded over the top and bottom of the cigarettes bythe up or and lower feces of the foiding device, an as it advances, the

forward corners of the wra per contact with stage assuming the formshown in F' .112

Erected upon the sides of the folder, Figs. 2

and 6, are two fiat pieces c, which enter lietween the extended top andbottom margins of the wrapper and lie close to the sides of the coke eto keep the cigarettes in position as t e a vance. They extend beyondthe cone-s isped rollers 73, and as the package continues to advance theupper side margins of the wrapper contact with these coneshaped rollers,whereby the upper margins are partly bent down over the sides of thepackage, and as the package advances these margins pass within theprojections '54, lo cated on either side of the assageovey, and arethereb bent down straight with the'side of the pee age, which thenassumes the form shown in Fig. 13. Continuing to advance, the packs eenters the press 7 5, which is provided witi a vertically-moving top'F6. It lies in this press with the lower side margins extended, asshown at ?7, Fig. 5. While in this position these margins receive a.suppl of paste by which they adhere to the upper margins when turned upand upon them. The paste-suppl 'ingdevice is shown in Fig. 7.

The levers 78, located on either side of the press, have a reciprocatingmovement, and pivoted to the upper end of these levers are the srms 79,which carry the rollers 80: When these rollers are at rest, they contactwith the paste-carrying rollers 81, which supply their peripheries withpaste, and as they are advanced by the reciprocating lovers 78 they passover the lower prof'ecting margins" of the wrapper and supply t rem withposts necessary to adhere them to the up or meggins already turned downand res y to re ceive them. The device for supplying paste to theseiower margins consists of a pastebox 82, within whlch a shaft 83revolves, Fig. 6. This shaft carries a. series of crosspins 84, whichagitate the paste in'the box as the shaft revolves. Within the iconic 9.cylinder. (Shown in dotted lines at 85, Fig. 7.) In the side of the box82 there is a slot, into which the peripheries of rollersSl enter andcontact with the cylinder 85, receiving the paste, which it transfers tothe rollers 80 on the end of the arm 79. These roliers pass over thelower side margins of the wrapper as they lie under the press, which isnow ready to be lowered to turn up these lower margins upon the upperones. From the top or lid 76 of the rose, projects an arm 86, and worksup and own upon the side-rods 87. To this arm is pivoted one on of rod88 and at the other to an arm 89, which has a vertical reci rocatingmovement and raises and lowers t e lid 76 of the press. As it deties netin front of the plunger 92. -package is now in the form shown in Fig. 14

and w 'soends it carries the packs. e with it, and the lower sidemargins are onhied Jess: and

npon' the upper ones by contacting with the side wells 90. It continuesto descend until the packs. e reaches the channel 91, where it The ilein this position is ready for the incers 93, which turn in the frontedges. '1 ese pincers are shown in Fig. 2. They are suitably pivoted toapart of the frame at one end, as shown at 94, and the ivots carry thepinions 95, which mesh with each other. An arm 96, pivoted to one of thepincers at one end; is provided with a pin 97. A revolving disk 98 isprovided with a groove 99, into which groove the pin 97 enters and asthe disk revolves imparts a back-and-forward movement to the pinoers,which are adjusted to contact with the front side e es and turn them in,as shown in Fig. 15. the package iies with one of its sides in front ofluner 92 v this'pinnger new moves forwarand games the package throughthe channel 91 until the top front flap contacts with the conical wheelIUD, Fig. 2, which turns this flap down partly until it contacts withthe projections 101, which completes the turning until these flaps liein contact with the contents of the ackage, as shown in Fig. 16, untilthe pee age enters the second press, which is constructed like theformer one, already described, and is provided with a vertically-movabletop 102. In this press the package lies with its lower front flapexposed and ready to receive paste from a second pasting device, asshown in Fig. 11.

This device is constructed like the one already described and consistsof a pastereceptacle 183, within which the paste is placed and throuhwhich extends the shaft 16%," rovided jivith t e cross-pins 105 foragitating t e paste. 'An ppright shaft 106 operates the agitatingdevice, shown in Fig. 1. Below the up or or hopperp'srtiof the hex thedevice is circ ar, and'wlt'hivi it is pieced a cylinder 107, revolvingupon a shaft 1 08. The circular part of the paste-box is slotted, and inthe slot is laced the revolving paste-wheels 109, whic contests with 107and receives paste therefrom upon its periphery. Under the table islocated a disk 109, ig. i0, which is provided on its face with'aearn-groove. An upright rod 1 1G is provided with'apin 111 which worksin this groove and gives a vertical reciprocating movement to the rod110. At its upper en this red is pivotall connected with arm 112. Thisarmi ivot at 113 and on its other end carries a re is!" $14, which riseswith the arm and contacts with paste-roller 189, where it receives itspaste and then descends upon the ex osed lewer front flap of thewrapper.

lowing Fig. 11, the package is s own in a osition ready to be lowered,and immediately lielow the package is shown in section a part of theside wall of the press 115. The press-lid 102 then descends, forcing thepackage down into the channel 116, leading to the dryingtrou h 1 17, andas it descends the lower flap, whic is now provided with paste is turnedup upon the up er flap by contacting with the wall 115. T 1e mechanismwhich raises and lowers the ress-lid 102 is shown in Fig. 10. A revoving disk 118 is rovided with a camroove. The upright ro(l 1 19 isprovided at its ower end with a pin 120, which works in the cam-grooveand gives a vertical reciprocating movement to t e rod, which at itsupper end is pivotally connected with the arm of the lid 121, as shownat 122. The wrapper is now lying in the channel 116 and is inished,asshown in Fig. 17. It is now ready to be thrust forward into thedrying-box 117 by a plunger 123. Fig. 10 shows the mechanism foroperatin this plunger. A lever 124, suitably pivote to the frame, isconnected with an extension 125 of the plunger by an arm 126. A disk127, carryinga pin 128, works in an eccentric groove 129, reciprocatingthe arm 124, andthus o crates the plunger 123. As each finished pac ageenters the channel 116 this plunger forces it into the drying-box, whichmay be made of any suitable length, as shown in Fig. 10, thus giving thepaste on the ackage time to dry in passing through the liox. Thisdrying-box is shown more clearly in Fi 2. At the corners of this box areplaced the rollers 130, and at the opposite end of the box are located asimilar pair of rollers. Around these an endless belt 131 of suitablematerial is passed, its chief object being to take up any paste whichwould otherwise adhere to the sides of the box. These belts may be takenoff and renewed at pleasure.

The main features of the apparatus have now been fully described exceptthe wra )perfeeding and card-feeding devices, whici are constructed ando erated as follows: The card-feeding device is located over the carrierat any point beyond the feed-box. Its object is to drop a card, hoto, orother advertising material on top of the article to be wrapped While inthe carrier, by which it is conveyed, with the cigarettes, in front ofthe plunger 45 and b that lunger forced, with the wrapper, into the foler, where the wrapper is doubled over the card, and when the package iscompleted remains inside. The wrapper-feeding device is constructedsimilarly, and a description of one will serve to describe the other.This wra er-feeder is located above and over the oTder in position todrop a wrapper into the chute 132, which descends through the slot andis arrested and held in such position that the cigarettes when forcedagainst it by the lunger 45 will strike the wrapper about mi we of itslength and force it into the folder. The uprights 133 su )port aninclined box or trough 134, into w ch a number of the wrappers of propersize are placed.

These wrappers lie in the box with their lower edges in contact with acylinder 135. Itwill be seen that in this position the wrappers form abevel, of which the bottom one is the edge. The cylinder 135 has asquare axle 136, which slides in slots 137, formed in the upright pieces138, and retains its position against t 10 bevel formed by the lower edes of the wrapper by gravity. The effect of t s is to retain the wrapperin the box, allowing only the lower one to pass between it and therevolving wheel or wheels 139, of which there may be any number. Thesewheels are bare, as shown at 140, througha part of their eri heries, andthe other part is covered wit 1 in iarubbcr or other suitable material141. This india-rubber is timed to contact with the bottom wrapper as itlies in the box and force it out while the cylinder 135 retains theothers. This bottom wrapper )asses between the cylinder and wheels 139,t ence between the rollers 142 and 143 into the chute 132, down to itsosition in front of the folder.

The nice ianism for operating the wheels 139 consists of the revolvingupright shaft 144 and the pinions 145 and 146. The cardfeeding device isconstructed like the wrapperfecder. It consists of the upright frame148, supporting the box 149, within which the cards are placed in thesame way as the wra pers in the device above described. T 0 wheels 150,carrying the rubber 151, impel the lower card forward between them andthe retarding-wheels 152 and between the wheels 153 and 154 into thechute 155, from which they drop upon the cigarettes in each section ofthe carrier and are conveyed thereby to the mouth of the folder andforced therein by the plunger 45, where they remain within the wrapperwhen it is folded.

The device for arresting the wrapper in position between the article tobe packed and the opening to the folding device is shown in Figs. 1 and7. Aplate a, secured to the frame by a screw b, is located in position,so that when the wrapper reaches the plate it is stopped and held untilforced into the folder. The mechanism for givin movement to the wrapperand card fee in devices is shown in Fig. 3. The upright s iaft 144carries a pinion 145, which meshes with beveled pinion 146, which turnsa shaft 0, upon which is carried an intermediate wheel. This wheelcarries the rubber-tipped wheels 139, which feed the wrappers. Pinion145 also meshes with wheel i, which in turn meshes with wheel 7', thepinion with k, which turns the rollers l and m to impel the wrapperforward. The shaft 0 carries the wheel p, which meshes with wheel g andturns the shaft r, carry ing wheel 5, meshing with t,and gives movementto the devices of the card-feeder.

The mechanism which gives movement to plunger 92 is shown in Fig. 7.Suitably pivoted to the frame is the lever '11., which is slotted, and arevolving disk w, carrying a pin :2, works in this slot, reciprocatesthe lever w, which is connected at its upper end projection from plunger92. 5 It will be seen from the foregoing description that this ackagingapparatus departs from the usual packaging-machine in that it containsno compressing device. The presses so called for want ofa better name,do not com rose the package and cause rupture or brea a e of wrapper orits contents, as this defect in t e machines is a source of annoyanceand frequently causes considerable loss. This apparatus contains twopresses, r whose chief purpose is to retain the pachagp, with itsmargins or flap extended to receive t e paste, and then force it down toturn over the flap or margins. The wrapper-feeding and card-feedingdevices are a great improvement, as the effectually distribute thewrappers or car s one at a time and overcome the annoyance of feedingseveral of them, which has often been the case in other devices. Theendless carrier adapts itself read- 2 5 ily to other packages fordifferent articles.

The other operations of the machine are performed by plunger-s whichwork against the package gently and do not break the wrapper or mutilateits contents. What we claim is- 1. In a packaging-machine, a travelincarrier, divided into sections; each of sai sections adapted to conformto the size and s e of the, ts of the package to be 5 formed, and ienasor impellmg the carrier intermittently a istance of one section at atime,.in combination with a feeding device adapted to supply the carrierwith the mate rial to be packed, a box to receive the material from thecarrier means for stopping the carrier to present one of the sections infront of the 0 ening to the box, a folding device and a p unger forimpelling the material from the carrier to the box, and a lunger forforcing 15 the material through the )0 and presenting it in front of thefolding device, a wrapperfeeding device adapted to resent a wrapperbetween the folder and tie material to be packed, and a plunger forforcing the mate- 5o rial to be packed a ainst the wrapper to impel bothinto the ilder, and devices at the mouth of the folder to fold thewrapper over and about the top and bottom of the material to be asked.

2. n a packaging-machine a traveling carrier divided into sectionsadapted to conform to the size and shape of the contents of the packs eto be formed, and devices for distributing t e material into thesections of the carrier, means for impelling the carrier a distanceequal to one section at a time, a box to receive the material to bepacked from the carrier and a plunger to force the material from thecarrier into the box in combination 7 V through th i s:

with a plunger for impelling the material e ex, and present it in frontof a folding device, a wrapper-distributor, provided with devices foradjust a wra per between the material to be pac *ed an the foldingdevice, a plunger for impelling the material against the wrapper andforcing both together into the folding device, and a folding deviceprovided wit means for turning in the rear edges and turning down thetop side margins of the wrapper.

3. In a packaging-machine a folding de vice and means for impelling thecontents of a package to be formed in front of it, devices for adjustinga wrap or between the folding device and the artic e to be packed, and aplunger for impelling both into the folding device, in combination withstationary means within the folding device for turning in the rear edgesand foldi down the top margins of the wra per upon t e sides of thecontents of the pee a e, a press to receive the package in thiscondition, a plunger for forcing the contents of the package into thepress, means for supplying paste to the lower side margins of the wraper while in the press, devices for lowering t e package in the press,means for turning up the lower side margins, while the package isdescendingl and a channel below thedpress to receive t e package whenlowere 4. In a packaging-machine means for im-. polling the charge forthe package in front of a folding device, means for resentin a wra perbetween the article to he packs-(l and t e entrance to the foldingdevice, a plunger for impelling the charge to be packed against thewrapper and forcin both into the folding device and through said deviceinto a press, stationary means within the folding device for turningdown the upper side margin of the wrapper and turning in its rear e goand a press to receive the package and retain it while its lower sidemargins are exposed, in combination with devices for applying paste tothe lower side margins while m the press, means for lowering the packagein the press, means within the press for turnin up these margins, uponthe upper ones, a c annel iocated below the press to receive them, devices for turning in the front edges, while the package is in thechannel, a plunger for impelling the package into a second press, andmeans located between the two presses for turning down the upper frontflap during the passage of the articles to be packed from one press tothe other.

5. In a aokaging-machine a folding device proviciied with means forfolding in the rear edges, and folding down the top side margins of awrapper, upon the contents of package to be formed, a press to receivesaid contents and means for nnpelling it into the press, devices forapplying paste to said lower side margins while in "the press, means forforcing the package downward, and devices for turning up the lower sidemargins, and a channel below the press to receive the package, incombination with a plun er to impel the package through'the channel,means for turnin down the ufiper front flap in its passage t ough the cannel another press to receive it, means for ap lying paste to the lowerfront flap while in t e second press, devices for lowering the packagein the press, a channel to receive it located below the press, a plungerfor impelling the package through the channel, and a dryin box toreceive the package from the channei In testimony whereof we, the saidIGNAOIO LAZAGA and FRANK W. LEV, have signed our names to thisspecification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 31stday of March, 1905.

IGNACIO LAZAGA. FRANK W. LEV.

Witnesses:

JULIUS KALDOR, CHAS. A. JURKA.

